An Analysis of the Present Conditions of the Korean Intangible Cultural Properties Protection System and Its Ideal System in the Future

A Case Study of the Folk-Performing Arts (Nori)

Abstract

This article aims to clarify, problems concerning the current Korean intangible cultural properties protection system, with a special focus on the protection issues of non-designated intangible cultural properties, by examining and analyzing the actual conditions of the current system. The folk-performing arts of Gangwondo province, in which there are many intangible cultural properties will be investigated in order to precisely understand the actual conditions of the current protection system. Furthermore, on the basis of these analyses of problems and case study, the problems the (current) intangible cultural properties protection system in Korea have and their solutions will be examined. Finally, an ideal system for the intangible cultural properties in Korea will be considered.